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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Elizabeth Dickson" <implottoawards@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:00:27 +0000
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.


Dear Sir/Madam,

RESULT FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW
IMPERIAL LOTTERY UK wishes to officially inform you that you have emerged a
winner under our Third Category Draws held on the 19th of November, 2005.The
Third category is a free entry draw, winners were selected by a special
computer balloting system to give a worldwide reach to
participants.

CONGRATULATIONS! You are a confirmed winner of £2,000,000 Pounds( Two
million Great Britain Pounds) only, which is the winning payout for Third
Category winners.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 07, 15, 29, 37, 48, 56
(ii) Email ticket number: 273-1-3221
(iii) Lotto batch number: 289-4PP
(iv) File Reference Number: IL6341-4

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to your designated
account, you must contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as
possible:

Mr. John Turrell,
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR,
FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
Tel: +44 703 1947 394
Fax: +44-703-0403-307
Email: mrjohnturrell@sify.com

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.
RUSSELL SQUARE HOUSE 15-17,
RUSSELL SQUARE,
LONDON, WC1B 5EH
Tel: +44 703 191 8241


N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2.Your Reference number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
___________________________________________________________________________________________

The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK. is proudly
sponsored by
financial Corp's,the Imperial group and a conglomeration of other
international IT companies. and is organized to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say
that over 200 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.

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